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C Snyder, Robert McClure, Jr. (1876-1937), Papers, 1890-1937 3524 3.6 cubic feet This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri. If you would like more information, please contact us at [email protected]. INTRODUCTION Correspondence, historical notes, book lists, and photographs of Snyder, joint heir of the Ozark Hahatonka estate, collector of rare books, and writer on many phases of western history, especially Kansas City, MO, and vicinity. DONOR INFORMATION The papers were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by William K. Snyder on 19 Aug 1968 (Accession No. 0564). SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Please See Folder List. FOLDER LIST f. 1-13 Personal Papers. Synder family history, including Robert M. Snyder, Jr.’s school, college and travel notes and photographs. f. 8 Newspaper accounts of Robert M. Snyder's death in Kansas City in 1937. f. 9-11 Papers pertaining to the family business, the Kansas City Natural Gas Company. f. 12 Miscellaneous business papers including some expenditures for Hahatonka estate and other receipts. L_____ f. 14-38 Hahatonka. History of the Missouri Ozark estate owned by the Snyder family, photographs of the castle, articles, correspondence and notes on the law suit resulting from Union Electric Company's construction of Bagnell Dam. f. 32 Crawfish business f. 33-38 Snyder Estate vs. Union Electric Company, legal papers. f. 39-75 Missouriana. Alphabetically arranged history of early settlers, places, and culture of Missouri compiled from books, notes, maps, and newspapers. Includes Missouri Indian tribes, Ozark literature, early churches and schools, book lists, and historical personages. f. 43 The Bent Family f. 44-45 Daniel Boone and Daniel Morgan Boone f. 47 Francis Chouteau f. 52 Doniphan’s Expedition C3524 Snyder, Robert McClure, Jr. (1876-1937), Papers, 1890-1937 Page 2 f. 55 Bibliography of Missouri fiction before 1900 f. 62-66 Miscellaneous data on Missouri and Kansas Indians f. 67 James Kipp f. 70 Mormons in Missouri and Jackson County f. 75 Negroes in Missouri f. 76-91 Missouriana f. 76-77 Missouri Ozarks f. 78 Bibliography of Missouri Poetry f. 80-81 Early roads and railroads f. 82 Doctors Sappington and Saugrain f. 83-84 Baptist, Methodist Shawnee Missions f. 86 Early social customs f. 87 William Stokes tragedy f. 88 John Augustus Sutter f. 89 State Parks in Missouri f. 92-123 Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri. Alphabetical arrangement of notes on the history of Kansas City, its landmarks, businesses, churches, schools, art and books. f. 92-94 Art and artists f. 95 Louis Bartholet f. 96 Thomas Hart Benton f. 98-99 Directories of Kansas City and Westport f. 99 Ethnology of Kansas City f. 100 Hall of Fame f. 101 Indians of Kansas City and Vicinity f. 102 Johnston Lykins f. 103 Mormons of Kansas City f. 105 Negroes in Kansas City f. 111 George C. Sibley f. 114-123 Imprints and books published in Kansas City before 1900 f. 124-155 Miscellaneous. Alphabetical arrangement of notes on many subjects and persons of interest to Snyder. f. 125 F.X. Aubrey f. 128 Cattle Trade f. 131 Exhumations f. 137-138 Kansas history, poetry and fiction f. 140 Mormon notes and references f. 141 Negroes f. 142 Western outlaws f. 143 Plagiarism f. 144 Presidents of the United States who wrote poetry f. 146 Roads and railroads f. 147 Serendipity f. 153 Western literature and legends f. 155 Autographs of Millard Fillmore and Daniel Webster C3524 Snyder, Robert McClure, Jr. (1876-1937), Papers, 1890-1937 Page 3 f. 156-167 Book Collecting f. 156-157 Essays on book dealers and book collecting f. 158-162 Receipts, correspondence, addresses of book dealers f. 168-178 Rare Books. Notes by Snyder on extent and value of his book collection and library. f. 168-169 Alphabetical list of books collected by Snyder on Missouri and western subjects. f. 170 Memos on location of rare volumes f. 171 Travel literature f. 175-176 Notes and articles on art f. 177 Published articles by Snyder f. 178 Notes on Snyder's gift of his library to the University of Missouri at Kansas City Vol. 1 Library register INDEX TERMS Subject folders other green "Apple Mary" 153 "Junction," Kansas City, Missouri, 1840 101 "Sneerbookers" 153 "Sneerbookers" 153 A.J. Fox Art Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri 92 Abbott, Emma 124 Adams, Lynchburg 92 Alexander, Archer 79 Allen, Shubal 87 Archery, Missouri, Kansas City, 1879 92 Arkansas, Bibliography 125 Art, Missouri, Kansas City 92-94 Ashe, Thomas 124,153 Ashley, Elizabeth 39 Ashley, William Henry (1778-1838) 39,87 Atchison, David Rice (1807-1886) 39 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) 153 Aull Brothers 39 Austin, Robert 103 Autobiographies 140 Banta, George A. 92 Baptiste Peoria--Peoria chief 106 Barker, Francis 83 Bartholet, Louis 95,103 Bartholet, Mme. 46,95 Bates, Frederick (1777-1825) 85,86 C3524 Snyder, Robert McClure, Jr. (1876-1937), Papers, 1890-1937 Page 4 Subject folders other green Bates, Richard 85 Beale, Superintendent 96 Beckworth, James 88 Beele, Lurand 103 Beels, Luana 103 Bellemaire, Mayse 103 Bells 97,127 Benjamin, Jerome C. 84 Bent Brothers 43 Bent, Charles (1799-1847) 43 Bent, George 43 Benton, Randolph 97 Benton, Thomas Hart (1782-1858) 39,41,96 Benton, Thomas Hart (1889-1975) 52 Berganni, Bartomolas 87 Berkeley, George 126 Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879) 75,92-94 Birds--Missouri 75 Blacks--Missouri 75,105,141 Bodmer, Karl (1809-1893) 92 Boggs, Joseph 106 Boland, John 97 Boles, Walter 103 Book lists 1-78 Books, 19th century 115-123 Boone, Daniel (1734-1820) 44,88 Boone, Daniel Morgan (1767-1837) 45,95,97 Boone, James 103 Boone, Nathan (1780-1856) 44 Boon's Lick Country 42 Boon's Lick Road 81 Boshman, Indian Orator 84 Bowers, William 103 Breckenridge, William Clark (1862-1927) 97 Bridger, James (1804-1881) 42,96,97,102,103 Bright, Joseph 103 Bringier, Louis 87 Brock, Tiny 103 Brooke, Charles 92 Brown, Aaron V. 87 Brown, Annie 103 Brown, James 87 Brown, John 42,75,126 C3524 Snyder, Robert McClure, Jr. (1876-1937), Papers, 1890-1937 Page 5 Subject folders other green Brown, Joseph C. 87 Browne, Lionel 85 Browning, Wesley 84 Bryan, James 86 Bryant, Edwin 88 Burr, Aaron (1756-1836) 85 Butler, Mahulda 103 Butler, William 103 Butterfield Overland Mail Route 87 Butterfield, John 87 Caldwell, Oliver 46 Calhoun, John Caldwell (1782-1850) 85 California, New Helvetia 88 California--Bibliography 127,128 Campbell family, Kansas City, Missouri 96 Campbell, Alexander 103,127 Campbell, Charlotte 103 Campbell, John 83,96,103 Campbell, Richard 83 Campbell, Robert 103,112 Campbell, Virginia I. 112 Campbell, William 92,103 Caroline, Princess of Wales 18457 Carson, Christopher (1809-1868) 97 Case, Theodore Spencer (1832-1900) 106 Catlin, George (1796-1872) 92,94 Cattle 128 Cemeteries--Missouri, Kansas City 97 Champollion 146 Chanute, Octave 47,128 Chavez, Antonio Jose 46,153 Chick family, Kansas City, Missouri 47 Chick, Frank 1 Chick, William M. 95,103 Chief Cornstalk, Shawnee Indian Chief 83 Chief White Plume, Kanzas Indian Chief 112 Chief William Perry, Shawnee Indian Chief 83 Chiles, Henry 46 Chisholm Trail 79 Chouteau family 47 Chouteau, Auguste (1749-1829) 97,109 Chouteau, Auguste Pierre (1786-1838) 109 Chouteau, Francis Gesseau 47,103,109 C3524 Snyder, Robert McClure, Jr. (1876-1937), Papers, 1890-1937 Page 6 Subject folders other green Chouteau, Marie Berenice 95 Chouteau, Pierre 109,112 Chouteau's Island 85 Christy, Charley 90 Churches, Missouri, Kansas City 97 Churchill, Elizabeth F. 83 Chute, A. V. 83,106 Circus, Missouri 47 Civil War--Battle of Black Jack 75 Civil War--Ozarks 76 Clark, George Rogers (1752-1818) 87 Clark, William 87 Clark, William (1770-1838) 102 Clay, Henry (1777-1852) 85 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910) 47 Coates, Kersey (1823-1887) 97,103 Cockrell, Jim 103 Cockrell, John Miles 103 Cody, William F. 97 Coffman, Lot 112 Colorado, Bibliography 129 Convent, Betsy 103 Cook's Pasture, Kansas City, Missouri 97 Cooper, Joseph 103 Cowdery, Elizabeth Ann Whitmer 103 Cowdery, Oliver 46,70,103 Cummins, Margaret 83 Dalton, Father 97,98 Darby, Caleb 106 Darby, John F. 87 Davis, John 83 de Bure, Guilliame Francois 82 de Bure, Therese Louise Saugrain 82 de Prefontain, Joseph 106, 153 de Soto, Hernando (c. 1500-1542) 130 de Velder, Jean Baptiste 103 DeGalvez, Don Bernando 82 DeSmet, Pierre Jean (1801-1873) 103 Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) 130,153 Dido, Therese Angeleque Saugrain 82 Didot, Henry 82 Dodge, Henry 85,87 Domerech, Abbe 130 C3524 Snyder, Robert McClure, Jr. (1876-1937), Papers, 1890-1937 Page 7 Subject folders other green Doniphan, Alexander W. (1808-1887) 52 Donnelly, Bernard 95, 97 Drake, Daniel 84 Drama--Missouri 52 Dripps, Andrew (1789-1860) 88, 103 Dueling 52 Edmondson, Louisa 103 Elmore, Rush 84 Elmore, Rush, Mrs. 84 Emery, Bird, Thayer, Dry Goods Company, Kansas 98 City, Missouri Evans, Alexander 83 Evans, Amelia 112 Evans, William B. 112 Ewing, Thomas, Jr. 85 Exhumations 131 Fiction, Kansas, 1870-1900 138 Fiction, Missouri 55, 138 Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874), Signature 155 Flannery, Nancy 103 Flint, Timothy (1780-1840) 75 Foster, Matt 92 Foster, Stephen "Oh, Susanna" 90 Fremont, Jessie Benton (1824-1902) 96, 97 Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890) 96, 97 French, Daniel 83 Frontier and pioneer life--Missouri 75 Furniture--Missouri 54 Gallatin, Albert (1761-1849) 100 George III (1738-1820) 87 George IV (1762-1830) 87 George V (1865-1936) 87 Gillis, William 103, 112 Gilpin, William (1813-1894) 56, 68, 100 Ginott, Joseph 95 Givens, Thomas Jefferson 103 Graham, Hiram 103 Grapes 76 Gray, Charlotte 103 Green, A. S. P. 84 Green, Duff (1791-1875) 87 Greene, Jesse 83, 94 Gregg, Josiah (1806-1850) 106, 133 C3524 Snyder, Robert McClure, Jr.